Course Registration

Pre-Session

Special Considerations

Course Restrictions

Special Nomenclature

Teaching Site

Language of Study

You are required to maintain a full course load through your time in New Zealand. A full-time course load as defined by Arcadia University is 12-16 U.S. credits per semester. Courses can be found on University of Auckland’s website.

Please review your courses with your academic or study abroad advisor to ensure they will transfer back to your home school and that you are following your home school’s policies.

Please be flexible – we can’t guarantee specific courses. If your participation in the program depends on a particular course, be sure to make a note on youronline course form.

Please indicate 7-10 courses, including alternates, on your preliminary course form that you are pre-approved for and can take while abroad. In the event of scheduling changes, time conflicts, prerequisites or cancellations, this ensures that you will be prepared to finalize your courses once overseas.

Course Restrictions

Courses with an A or B after the course code (eg: PSYCH 306A) are full year courses (February to November).

Psychology courses fill quickly in the Second Semester (Fall semester)

Enrollment Process

Students will receive an email directly from University of Auckland prompting them to enroll in courses online. All courses with pre-requisites require students to submit a concession explaining their background in the subject and how they meet the pre-requisite. The concession will be reviewed by University of Auckland faculty, and the outcome will be sent directly to the student via email.

Course enrollments will not be finalized until students are on campus. The preliminary course form students submit to Arcadia prior to departure does not guarantee approval or enrollment in those courses. There is a drop/add period at the beginning of each semester that allows students to make changes to course enrollments.

Miscellaneous/Fees

Possible additional fees for courses that include laboratory work, field excursions or theater trips. Many fine art or production courses will include a supplemental fee for the materials used in the class. Please refer to the online course description.

For studio art, graphic art, media production, drama, dance or music courses, submit a portfolio or audition tape on slides or a CD. Submit between 8-12 examples of your work. Portfolio is non-returnable. Some fine arts courses are year-long and begin in February.

Grade Scale

The following information is vetted and provided by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) on the Electronic Database for Global Education (EDGE).